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President Donald Trump’s planned economic agenda has fanned the flames for Wall Street’s record-setting run, but some investors worry that his first major address to Congress next week risks dousing it if his plans look slow to execute or are overly vague. The benchmark S&P 500 .SPX has surged 10 percent since Trump’s Nov. 8 election, with optimism running high over the Republican

administration’s domestic proposals, including plans to reform taxes paid by businesses. But there have been few specifics so far, and some investors believe Trump may need to provide more than just generalities when he gives his first major presidential address on Tuesday. REUTERS

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Bill Paxton, who rose to stardom with roles in Hollywood blockbusters such as “Aliens” and “Titanic,” has died at age 61 after complications from surgery, his family said in a statement on Sunday.

Paxton, who appeared in dozens of films over some four decades, had recently starred in the HBO television series “Big Love,” about a polygamous Mormon family, and acted alongside Tom Cruise

in the film, “Edge of Tomorrow.”

For his role in “Apollo 13,” Paxton won a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture in 1996.

He was nominated for three Golden Globe Award in the best actor category for his work in “Big Love” and the 1990s miniseries, “A Bright Shining Lie.” REUTERS

Iran launched naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean on Sunday, a naval commander said, as tensions with the U.S. escalated after President Donald Trump put Tehran “on notice”. Since taking office last month, Trump has pledged to get tough with Iran, warning the Islamic Republic after its ballistic missile test on Jan. 29 that it was playing with fire and all U.S. options were on the table.

Iran’s annual exercises will be held in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Bab el-Mandab and northern parts of the Indian Ocean, to train in the fight against terrorism and piracy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said. Millions of barrels of oil are transported daily to Europe, the United States and Asia through the Bab elMandab and the Strait of Hormuz, waterways that run along the coasts of Yemen and Iran. REUTERS

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President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare from any cuts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

Mnuchin said Trump would also use a major policy speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night to preview some elements of his sweeping plans to cut taxes for the middle class,

simplify the tax system and make American companies more globally competitive with lower rates and changes to encourage U.S. manufacturing. Speaking on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” program, Mnuchin, who has acknowledged that tax reform is his top policy priority, said the budget plan would not seek cuts to federal benefits programs known as “entitlements.”

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The tweeting president keeps trolling the “fake” news media. White House staffers keep leaking to the very same outlets the president derides as “phony,” even as government lawyers confiscate the aides’ personal iPhones. And almost all of it is rooted in exaggerated fear.

Fear of Muslim immigrants. Fear of worried Obamacare clients at congressional town halls.

Fear of the jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Fear of what some Hollywood statue-hugger might say about the president from the Oscar stage.

But you know who has something scary-real to fear in the days ahead, far more than the darkwarners in Washington?

Millions of hard-working immigrants, legal or illegal, suddenly at dire peril across Donald Trump’s America.

White House senior counselor Stephen Miller, age 31, is coming back with a barely tweaked seven-nation Muslim ban.

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Harsh new deportation rules have put 11 million immigrants at immediate risk of expulsion. Now, any abuela who runs a red light can be grabbed and shipped off, regardless of how long she’s been in the country or how spotlessly she has behaved.

Here in Trump’s America, the Land of Opportunity is giving way to the Land of Rising Adversity. “America First” is sounding more and

more like “White, NativeBorn America First,” the adjectives rarely spoken but heard by millions nonetheless.

The most disturbing human story of the past few days? It’s the unprovoked hate-shooting of two Indian engineers at a bar in Olathe, Kansas. A rage-filled, slur-spewing local, a U.S. Navy veteran, has been charged with killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounding Alok Madasani.

Madasani’s father, Jagan Mohan Reddy, is now wracked with worry about his wounded son and a second son also living in America. Should he urge his boys to return to India at once for their own safety?

“We have to think it over,” the fearful father said to a reporter from Hyderabad, India. “My sons are not new to America. They have been staying there for 10 to 12 years. This is a new situ-

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Philadelphia’s third Vision Zero Conference is happening on Wednesday and it’s set to be the most diverse set of speakers and organizations the city has seen make the case, and talk best practices, for safer streets.

Organized by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia — an early proponent of Vision Zero in Philly — there’s a range of organizations that have come together this year to promote the idea that our city should record zero traffic-related deaths and serious injuries.

For those unaware, Vision Zero is the Swedish-born policy that advocates engineering, education and enforcement options that can be put into place to bring an area’s or municipality’s (or, you know, country’s) traffic deaths down to zero.

It sounds utopian.

Because it is. But it’s also attainable.

Many cities and countries that have instituted Vision Zero policies (from New York City to the Netherlands) have seen dramatic decreases in traffic deaths.

New York City had fewer traffic deaths last year than ever before. If the U.S. had instituted Vision Zero when the Netherlands did in the late 1990s, we could have avoided 20,000 traffic deaths per year, as noted in a recent report by professor Peter Furth of Northeastern University in Boston.

Philly’s commitment

The policy has been seen as somewhat unachievable and a bit wonky until recent years. The Bicycle Coalition and our partners actually put together a mayoral debate in 2015 in which all the candidates made a commitment to Vision Zero if elected. And Mayor Kenney signed an executive order in late 2016, creating the city’s first-ever Vision Zero Task Force, which is currently constructing the city’s policy.

Philadelphia’s Vision Zero 2017 Conference is being led by organizations like the Bicycle Coalition, AAA, Uber, AARP, SEPTA, Jefferson University and many others to discuss how to create roadways that respect all human dignity. Those in attendance will hear from panelists, experts and advocates about how they can work to make their communities safer for everyone.

“People of all ages deserve to be safe on the streets, whether walking, bicycling or driving. Focusing on transportation issues is one way we’re working to make Philadelphia a more livable community,” noted AARP Pennsylvania State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh in a recent news release.

Vision Zero assumes that people make mistakes — a correct assumption. Every day, someone’s eyes are taken off the road to check a text message, change the radio station, get someone’s attention or a range of other distractions.

When that happens, it’s up to us as a society to make sure the conditions in which that happens do not result in anyone’s death. More and more people are understanding that, and Wednesday’s conference will show how we can put it all into action.

Tickets are still available at Visionzero2017 .org.

Randy LoBasso is communications manager for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.

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Amy Smith Overcoming addiction is usually a hardfought battle. Whether it’s alcohol, heroin, nicotine or prescription drugs, going it alone only adds another layer of complexity and isolation to the process. Experts say that incorporating social support and therapy ups our chance of being successful.

(It’s all about treating the cause, not just the symptoms.)

Seabrook House, a leading New Jersey drug rehab center, is taking it a step

further, adding holistic treatments to the mix.

This means taking a whole-body approach—mind, body, soul—to getting, and staying, sober. The doctors at Seabrook House wholeheartedly embrace this philosophy, supplementing individual rehab programs with things like meditation, yoga and acupuncture.

“Getting clean usually comes with anxiety,” says Dr. Alberta Montano-DiFabio, Chief Clinical Officer.

“Instead of just taking a pill, we want our patients to learn other ways of coping that they can take with

them when they leave.

If you take drugs and alcohol out of one hand, you have to put something else—a healthy replacement— in the other.”

Seabrook House has no shortage of healthy replacements. From massage to art therapy to mindfulness training, the rehab center’s wellness department is all about adding holistic supports to traditional addiction treatment plans. What it’s really about is attacking addiction from all angles.

For example, someone seeing their way through heroin addiction might really benefit from detox,

which majorly eases the physiological symptoms that go hand in hand with withdrawal. To make the treatment plan as robust as possible, Seabrook House might also tack on guided meditation and group therapy. Their 12-step values are woven throughout everything they do.

“Our holistic treatment options are designed to support the other areas of recovery,” adds Dr. Montano-DiFabio.

“One really does strengthen the other.”

Seabrook House is a celebrated private rehab center located about 90 minutes from New York City in

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They also operate four neighboring outpatient facilities, as well as its Long Term Residential Care Programs for men and women. This last care option is ideal for the early stages of the recovery process and can last anywhere from three to 12 months.

they lovingly call them, carefrontations. Each one is individually designed and carefully coached for every step of the process. The idea is to heal the family unit through loving kindness, with the guidance of a trained family interventionist.

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DESECRATION Dozens of graves vandalized at Philly Jewish cemetery Nearly 100Â headstones were overturned, damaged or broken at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, a Jewish burial place, in Northeast Philadelphia.

A North Jersey man visiting his father’s grave made the grim discovery Sunday morning, and Philadelphia police were later dispatched to the cemetery, at Frankford and Cheltenham avenues, around 9:30 a.m. for reports of vandalism, according

to multiple reports.

Aaron Mallin, the man who discovered the acts of vandalism and contacted police, told 6ABC that he hopes it wasn’t an antiSemitic attack, but instead “just some drunk kids.�

But the apparent vandalism comes less than a week after more than 150 headstones were damaged at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis on Feb. 21. The following day, the New York City headquarters for the Anti-Defamation League

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received an anonymous bomb threat, prompting a brief evacuation. More than 70 Jewish community centers across the nation had received similar phoned-in threats since the start of the new year. President Donald Trump last week called the recent spate in acts of anti-Semitism “horrible� and “a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil.�

ALEXIS SACHDEV The city Department of Revenue says the new soda tax took in at least $5.7 million in its ďŹ rst month. METRO FILE PHOTO

Retailers remain soured on soda tax City officials said the tax brought in $5.7 million in January, well above its own estimates released just days before.

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Philadelphia’s new tax on sweetened drinks is still bubbling with opposition.

City officials said on Thursday that the Department of Revenue collected at least $5.7 million from the soda tax in January, well above the $2.3 million that was forecast by a city financial report.

Metro reported on the $2.3 million January projection in an article on Wednesday, with some wholesalers and store owners who oppose the tax saying they may have to lay off workers to compensate for lost profits.

The tax, which began on Jan. 1, is the first of its kind in a major American city. It was expected to bring in $91 million a year, or about $7.6 million a month. Proceeds will help finance universal pre-kindergarten programs and the rehabilitation of city recreation centers, parks and libraries. “That the first month’s beverage tax revenues are so high is reason to believe the goal for the year will be met,� said Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.

The group is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project. Stier called the figures for January “very good news.�

The $5.7 million the

city actually collected from the tax in January should increase because not all payments have been processed, according to the Department of Revenue. Additionally, “it is anticipated that some distributors and dealers may be slow to register, file and pay,� the department said in a statement.

To ensure compliance, city investigators and auditors will be sent to various dealer and distributor locations. Department of Revenue Commissioner Frank Breslin said that the move is not “about punishing businesses.� “It’s about helping make sure everyone is doing what they are required to do so everyone can avoid penalties,� he said.

Ultimately, he added, “we can fuel bigger and better things for the people of Philadelphia.�

Revenue from the tax may also rise in the coming months when retailers who may have stocked up on sweetened drinks before the tax kicked in have to restock, the city said.

Local retailers and wholesalers, meanwhile, are still crying foul. They claim the tax will lead to diminished sales and could force them to lay off hundreds of workers. “Regardless of how much money the administration says it collected in the first month of this tax, the pain Philadelphia families and businesses are feeling is very real,� according to a statement from Ax the Bev Tax Coalition, created by the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association.

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Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl said on Sunday they will ask an Army appeals court to dismiss charges against him in the belief that President Donald Trump’s repeatedly calling him a “traitor” during the election campaign make it impossible for him to get a fair trial.

Bergdahl’s defense team plans to make the request on Monday at the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals in Virginia, Attorney Eugene Fidell said in a telephone interview. In a lower court, military Judge Jeffrey Nance of U.S. Army Trial Judiciary Second Judicial Court in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, rejected their argument.

Bergdahl, who spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan after walking off his post in 2009, faces a court-martial on charges of desertion and endangerment of U.S. troops.

The soldier’s attorneys argue that comments made by Trump on the campaign trail before his November presidential election victory condemning Bergdahl, at one point calling him “a no-good traitor,” have denied their client

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Treason charges against Russian cyberexperts linked to seven-year-old accusations Treason charges brought in December against two Russian state security officers and a cybersecurity expert in Moscow relate to allegations made by a Russian businessman seven years ago, according to the businessman and a source connected with the investigation.

They said the arrests concern allegations that the suspects passed secrets to U.S. firm Verisign and other unidentified American companies, which in turn shared them with U.S. intelligence agencies.

Ruslan Stoyanov, head of the computer incidents investigation team at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, was arrested and charged with treason in December along

with two officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), since identified as Sergei Mikhailov and Dmitry Dokuchayev.

Authorities have given no public explanation for the arrests, which, as Reuters has previously reported, caused a chill in cooperation between Russians and U.S. researchers in the cyber crime-fighting field.

The source connected to the investigation said the arrests were a result of accusations first made in 2010 by Pavel Vrublevsky, a Russian businessman and founder of ChronoPay, an online payments company.

Vrublevsky told Reuters he had also learned that the arrests were a response to his allegations: that Stoyanov and Mikhailov had passed secrets on to American firms.

A representative for

Stoyanov’s defense team declined to comment for this article. Reuters was unable to locate representatives for Mikhailov or Dokuchayev.

Verisign denies that it received information that was secret. The firm’s iDefense unit compiled dossiers on cyber crime for clients including private firms and government agencies that include U.S. intelligence services, but it says its research did not contain classified information. REUTERS

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Republicans won the governor’s office in 33 states, up from 31, and increased their dominance in state legislatures.

Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday urged a major overhaul of his party, calling for more aggressive efforts to court workingclass voters and fight big businesses from Wall Street to the pharmaceutical sector.

Sanders, who spoke a day after Democrats chose Tom Perez, a veteran of former President Barack Obama’s administration, as their new party chairman, said it was also crucial for progressives to do more to mobilize grassroots supporters to take on Republican President Donald Trump.

“We need a total transformation,” the 75-year-old U.S. senator from Vermont said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The unexpectedly strong challenge from Sanders, a Democratic socialist, to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary laid bare the fissures within the party.

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Mack Beggs, a 17-year-old high school wrestler who is transitioning from female to male, took home gold in the 110-weight class of the Texas girls state championship after the state refused to allow the student to compete against boys.

Beggs, his family and many of his opponents wanted him to wrestle against male wrestlers, but state sport regulations require athletes to compete according to their birth gender.

Some of the wrestlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents have said Beggs had an unfair advantage among girls because of the testosterone he is taking as a part of his gender transition.

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New Orleans police booked Neilson Rizzuto after taking him into custody in â&#x20AC;&#x153;a highly intoxicated stateâ&#x20AC;? immediately after the accident on Saturday evening, the department said.

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Justin Timberlake eases us in The 2017 Academy Awards are the biggest powder keg since the ceremony in 2003, held mere days after the start of the Iraq War. So it kicked off light. It kicked off with Justin Timberlake strutting through the theater, singing his song from “Trolls.” He did more than make sure we never had to think about “Trolls” again.

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The Best Documentary winner speaks to our times, too Honestly, the tightest Oscar race this year wasn’t one of the acting categories. It was which of the five bracing, timely documentary features would win that award.

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How to deal with rejection Single and Swiping

LAURIE DAVIS Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing worse than going on an amazing date â&#x20AC;Ś only to get ghosted. It can send you into a spiral. You may think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Could I have misread her signals that much?â&#x20AC;? Or, â&#x20AC;&#x153;He said he wanted to go out again, so why isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he asking me out?â&#x20AC;?

The feeling is similar even if the person does respond to you â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and says â&#x20AC;&#x153;no.â&#x20AC;? On one hand it gives you certainty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your date did reply even if it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the outcome you were hoping for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure why they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested any more.

Whether the person ghosted or said no, you feel rejected.

In these scenarios, I notice that my clients

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have a tendency to turn inward and blame themselves. Maybe you ask yourself the same things they do, like: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How come Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not compelling enough for him?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What did I do wrong?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is anyone ever going to want me?â&#x20AC;?

It can feel like something is wrong with you.

But, what if the problem wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you at all?

When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the early stages of dating, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still learning about each other â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that means you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully understand the intricacies of the other personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. So what if instead of the problem being you,

the problem was that there were other things blocking them from having the relationship they wish they could have?

What if they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in a position to completely connect with anyone?

There could be any number of things happening in their life that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t involve you.

Next time you have the urge to overanalyze the â&#x20AC;&#x153;whyâ&#x20AC;? and wonder whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong with you, look for the evidence that all is right. Focus on creating new connections. Because as much as rejection can sting, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary on your path to meeting the right person. As my husband and fellow dating coach always says: The path to connection is through rejection. If no one is saying no, you may not be putting yourself out there enough to receive a yes from the right one.

Laurie Davis Edwards is the founder of eFlirt, an online dating concierge service.

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It’s a grim movie, though Barks, 26, has been segueing to lighter fare: She just did “The Last Five Years” in London — which is sad, too, but at least allows her to fall in

In “Bitter Harvest,” Max Irons and Samantha Barks play two young people caught up in the “Holodomor,” when Stalin’s Russia created a famine throughout Soviet Ukraine. MARK TILLIE

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It’s something I’ve been eager to do, to play a role like this. It’s a tragic role.

Natalka has all the highs, from meeting the love of her life and getting married, to all the horrible lows, including things like rape and her family being murdered. It’s heart-wrenching. To ride that wave of emotions was a brilliant challenge.

It’s important to both know about the Holodomor — which was suppressed and not widely known till the 1990s — but also to see what it’s like for people who are helpless in the face of atrocity.

They are such helpless characters. What’s fascinating is that when people feel they’re in a hopeless situation, an inner strength comes out of you that you didn’t necessarily knew you had.

There’s a real collective sense of prevailing through horrendous

FILM times. Those connections you have with family and loves are hard to break. That’s the beautiful thing about us as humans.

These kinds of things are still happening today, and too often we turn our heads and ignore it.

You think things like this happens so any years ago. But your grandparents were alive then, your ancestors went through horrendous times.

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It’s incredibly sad because we think of things like this as a separate time, that it happened then and now we’re all fine. You have to put yourselves in their shoes and think, “Would I be so brave? Would I be able to stand up in that moment of desperation and save my family?” That’s what my character does.

On the lighter side of ...

You do play a lot of desperate characters. But you seem to be doing some lighter fare now as well.

“The Last Five Years” is quite comedic, really.

I’ve done a lot of misery, and it’s nice to have your friends and family go, “You’re funny! You’re not crying or dying! That’s fun!” It’s great to have fun on stage as opposed to dying. The great thing about “The Last Five Years” is it travels backwards. So at the beginning they were like, “Oh, she’s heartbroken again, here we go.” Then all of a sudden I’m happy.

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In it, he and his team of geniuses work to defend the world against tech threats. Katharine McPhee stars as Paige Dineen, their office manager, who helps them understand everyday people a little better. We chat with McPhee about what to expect from Season 3, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success and the future of her singing career.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new in third season of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scorpionâ&#x20AC;??

The team will continue to go through the same situations but there will be more romance. If there is someone in the audience betting on the relationship between Toby and Happy, I can say that a lot more will be revealed this season. I think the writers are getting better, and the characters individually are going to have more fun. We have not finished filming the entire season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we have five episodes to go. What I can say is that the relationship between Paige and Walter is going to go through some very complicated moments.

Why do you think â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scorpionâ&#x20AC;? is successful?

A number of factors.

I think the audience connects to the admiration that is felt towards

people who are smarter than us. And to see their human side and how they struggle with the same things that we all struggle with day to day.

People love to see this group of social misfits who are super good at what they do but often collide with ordinary society â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yet they find a family amongst themselves.

How satisďŹ ed are you with the evolution of your character in this season?

This year writers are giving me much more material to play with. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting to know more about Paigeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past, her motivations and where she comes from. For example, we will learn

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more about her mother, because she will arrive to the show and that will clear up many questions about her personality.

This season Paige is very stressed and frustrated by her situation and has to learn to work

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 11 years since â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idol.â&#x20AC;? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your perspective on your career and the industry?

I am very grateful for the way my career has been taking very different paths. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had the opportunity to do various things and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what keeps me in love with what I do. These 11 years were interesting. I did my first show (musical drama television series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smashâ&#x20AC;?) that lasted only two years, but I was able to sing, dance and act and I played a sweet and innocent character.

Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m playing a single mother who has to be strong. This is a show about procedures, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to try some comedy and drama. Shows like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scorpionâ&#x20AC;? are ignored by critics, but they are successful. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very lucky to be able to do all this.

Have you ever met anyone in real life who could be part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scorpionâ&#x20AC;??

The pilot was based on real life of Walter Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and from there, writers have developed fictional stories inspired by him. He sometimes visits the set and is always working on crazy things. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the closest Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to that kind of work in real life.

Is there any other genre that you would like to explore as an actress?

Yes, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to do a romantic comedy. It is a genre that is being done less and less, like the ones Julia Roberts used to do. Among my favorite movies are â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Father of the Bride,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pretty Woman,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Actually,â&#x20AC;? I hope those kinds of films come back, because I would love to play a character like that.

The next episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scorpionâ&#x20AC;? airs tonight on CBS at 10 p.m. EST.

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A new approach to learning is turning the traditional education model on its head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Design thinkingâ&#x20AC;? lets students tackle a problem they want to solve by first identifying real human issues, like chronic pain and bullying in schools.

They then research and develop a wide range of possible solutions, which they take into the field to test with real people. The process has been trending among educators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put the power in the hands of the students,â&#x20AC;? says Sarah Stein Greenberg, executive director of Stanford Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s d.school of design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones that actually navigate the ambiguity of uncovering what those needs might be, and then figuring out how they can be satisfied.â&#x20AC;?

While the standard educational approach typically rewards students for coming up with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;right answer,â&#x20AC;? and quickly, the design thinking method values the process over the end product.

In other words, students need to be comfortable with failure, and ready to continuously generate and test out new ideas.

She gives the example of a group of students at Stanford who used the design thinking method to address the issue of clubfoot in developing countries. Their task: to come up with a brace that children could wear after surgery that would be affordable and of high-quality.

The students began by traveling to Brazil and observing clinicians working in hospitals, and staying with families of children who had the condition. When they returned, they went straight to the drawing board: brainstorming and prototyping possible solutions. The end product which they designed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an injection molded brace â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is now being tested all over the world.

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ology being rolled out, says Stein Greenberg.

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When executed properly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Design thinking teaches students the value of empathy for others, collaboration with team members, and the many intricacies of creative problem solving,â&#x20AC;? says Stein Greenberg.

It also prepares them to tackle the problems of a world that is growing increasingly complex. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our school system is still trapped in an old paradigm where the model of learning is fairly rigid, with a very strong adherence to a testing based culture,â&#x20AC;? she explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to see students be more prepared for navigating ambiguous problems, and the kinds of tools that we use within design are a way to potentially come up with very powerful and innovative solutions for the future.â&#x20AC;?

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Flyers wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be buyers, so which players could be for sale at deadline?

Several Flyers, including Steve Mason, Mark Streit, Pierre Edouard Bellemare and others, could be on the block.

ERIC GOLDSTEIN @EricEsponda sports@metro.us

Flyers general manager Ron Hextall announced on Friday night, the day before the Flyers lost to the Penguins, 4-2, in the Stadium Series game at Heinz Field, that he would not be a buyer at this Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trade deadline.

What he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say, or at least admit, was that the Flyers would be sellers. Make no mistake, though, a giant â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Saleâ&#x20AC;? sign will no doubt be planted in front of the

Wells Fargo Center this week.

The team is trending in the wrong direction.

Since that mirage of a 10-game winning streak in December, the Flyers are 9-16-4, have lost four of their last five games and sit five points behind Boston for the final wild card spot with just 21 games to go.

With a handful of pending free agents that could net the Flyers prospects or draft picks in return and speed up the rebuilding process, expect Hextallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone to be glued to his ear this week.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take a look at the unrestricted free agents who other GMs might be calling about.

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metro.us/crossword Across 1 Firm grip 6 Punning poet 10 Sgt. Preston’s group 14 Nina of fashion 15 Post-kindergarten 16 Newsman -- Abel 17 Grouchy Muppet 18 Fanatic’s feeling 19 Blackberry stem 20 Hotel-suite amenity (2 wds.)

22 Crashes (2 wds.)

24 Ballpoint point 26 Wilts 27 Chinese veggie (2 wds.)

31 Place to stay 32 Crewmate of Sulu 33 Clumps of grass 36 Dawn drops 39 Calf-length 40 Composer -- Anderson 41 Instance 42 --’wester 43 Microsurgery tool 44 Zesty dip 45 Director -- Burns 46 In worse taste 48 Sudden pang 51 Vocalist -- Sumac 52 Undue influence 54 Tracked down 59 Coal scuttles 60 Poker stake

8 Pottery bit 9 Mirth 10 Guess 11 Jewelry fastener 12 Without 13 Quick look 21 Carioca’s city 23 Pros and -25 Computer mouthfuls 27 Mooches 28 Great Lakes state 29 Striped antelope 30 Dernier -34 Suffix for forfeit 35 -- -niner 36 Melting-watch artist 37 Latin I verb 38 Get threadbare 40 Tongue 41 Ailurophobe’s fear 43 Hubble component 44 Stiff 45 Greeted warmly 47 Lb. or tsp.

48 Crowd in 49 Pie slice 50 Sea eagles 52 Profs, probably 53 Iowa, to Jacques 55 Soothing herb 56 Comet’s gaseous cloud 57 Hardly -58 “Silent Running” actor 61 Time span

metro.us /games 62 Spice tree 63 Old ruler of Venice 64 Clock part 65 Four-bagger 66 Went swiftly 67 This, to Pedro 68 Ache

Down 1 Snowball 2 Climb the ladder 3 Bank no.

4 Leave a mark 5 Amazon menace 6 -- Perce tribe 7 Obi-Wan player

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Aries Consider your options. Time is on your side, but you must avoid impulsive behavior.

Reflect on your experience to figure out how to stabilize your current situation.

Libra Don’t give up something good for something unknown. Learn all you can before you venture down a less-than-promising path. Stick to what you know.

Taurus Your generosity and desire to do things for others will put you in a strong bargaining position. Don’t be shy; ask and you shall receive.

Scorpio Live your dream. Express your thoughts, feelings and desires. Don’t let anyone set boundaries for you. Make your position and options clear, and proceed.

Gemini Be careful what you say and how you present your services. Offering something you cannot complete will make you look bad. Be honest and responsible.

Sagittarius You’ll be blocked if you are too vocal about what you are doing. Don’t share your plans with others. Do your best to bring about positive change.

Cancer Don’t let anyone use you. Show some backbone and speak up. Present your ideas and concerns, but don’t offer to do the work all by yourself.

Capricorn The past will help you avoid trouble now. Back away from anyone tempting you to get involved in something that is physically or emotionally damaging.

Leo Your hard work will bring about unexpected changes that will turn you into a go-to person. Accept a challenge and be proud of your accomplishments.

Aquarius Alter the way you present yourself and your abilities. Take any opportunity to invest in your skills. Financial gains are within reach if you do the groundwork.

Virgo Hold off on any investment that isn’t a sure thing. Use your intuitive intelligence to guide you to better choices regarding partnerships and money matters.

Pisces Express your feelings and plans. Focus on the good things you have to offer and go out of your way to assist the people you care for and love. EUGENIA LAST

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